Thread: Cheap .303s... how bad are they?

I haven't had a lot of experience with them. Had a nice Parker Hale version that shot like crap crap and after shooting 10 - 12 rounds I had a look at the spent case to find the primers were so pierced by the firing pin I could see day light ( all the way through.
Took it back. Had another that a mates looking after that's a 1916 year that's also been sported up, even bedded. Shoots 2-3 inchs at 100mtr, would have been a very nice rifle in it's day.
There is something cool about walking out for a hunt or stalking around with a rifle of that age and history, however once the nostalgia wears off sometimes you have to admit that the idea is better than the reality.
However if carrying a bit of history is your thing ( I like the idea ) then it can be extremely satisfying to knock an animal over with a 70yr old plus rifle.

And of course if you do leave very early one morning and slog silently to the top of a very big hill that resembles Chunik Bar and the deer are coming at you thick and fast.......well you have the right bit of kit